Don't Leave Home Without It

 Rod: Well, this does look bad, but by this stage, they don't itch much.  This is the second time we got into this type of  'Bichos'.  About 3 months ago at one of our stops (or in between) we picked these guys up.  We haven't seen them, so perhaps they are the nosee'ms we were warned about.  This time we are convinced they aren't here at home -- before we fumigated, etc.  We seem to be able to get rid of them by one or two showers and complete change of clothing.  We'll see.  I don't appreciate them much, so I refer to the Bichos by their relationship (male) to their parents.  We'll try to figure out where we pick them up.  The natives suggest they are caused by ants, so they may not react the same way to them.

 We sprayed our socks with this (guaranteed through washings and everything, but Rod still got more under his socks.  Darn!

 The youth were enchanted that a counselor in the branch presidency is learning to play.  It really has been fun.  I think he will reach his goal.  We've been having lessons 4  times per week or so.

 Ximena and I prepared a dinner with potato slices, fish fillets, sliced carrots, and a homemade salsa.  We wrapped it in banana leaves and put it in the pressure cooker for a few minutes.  It turned out delicious with a cabbage and avocado salad and rice.  We're convinced the whole process was for presentation, not for flavor, but it was fun to do.

 Rod enjoying the dinner. We're outside and the atmosphere is fine.

This baby was afraid of me.  He kept his whole mango while he cried and had it all over everything.  They are slippery, so I don't know how he managed not to drop it.

We've decided to try being the seminary/institute taxi.  We can manage that and can't manage fully any other taxi service.  Saturday was our first run.  Mostly it worked, although we decided we're going to text message in advance next time to avoid unnecessary trips.  It will require changing our washing schedule.  This week on Friday night there was water at 10:00 p.m. when we got home so we washed then.  I also defrosted the fridge as neither is a full time job and we got to bed about 12:00 (not missionary schedule).  I'll have to see if I can figure out a better way.

We get to see the PEF in action here.  It is wonderful to see real people receiving education and in turn having hope.  I love the leadership of prophets.  Together we can do more than we could if we worked alone.


Have a great week.